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    Any suggestions on running Gravel and dirt roads on a Spyder?

    I've do a lot of gravel riding on my F3L and previously my RS. I ended up making my own aluminium bash-plate for the RS but I've not bothered yet with the F3. I used to find with the RS the pointed nose made it hard to see the road directly in front of the Spyder and the bars didn't suit...
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    What was your best Upgrade/Add-on to your Spyder???

    RS 1st - adding an auxiliary gas tank 2nd - replacement sway bar. F3L 1st - Adding ram mounts just in front of the speakers 2nd - Fuel bladder
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    Ramp for rear wheel to make adding air easier

    We don't have Harbour Freight here:-). They came from a company called Supercheap Auto here and a pair cost NZ$39 at the time, that's about US$20 so pretty cheap. Had a look on the Harbour Freight web site and found something identical (though a little more expensive)...
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    What iPhone phone app do you use to plan & track your trips?

    I use MyRoute-App on my phone for day trips and Garmin Basecamp with a Garmin XP for the more complex stuff for both tracking and route planning. Agree MyRoute-App is not as good at routing as the Garmin but I've found it pretty much on parr with the other phone based apps I've tried. They...
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    Ramp for rear wheel to make adding air easier

    I use a ramp intended for levelling out caravan wheels as I happened to have some in the garage. No issues scraping the front. I reverse onto it. I have three of these so have used then under the front wheels as well to lift the whole Spyder up when servicing it: Ignore the circles in the...
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    Any discussion/opinions on extra Upright Grips on handlebar ends?

    They are common for mountain bikes. I've not heard of them being used on motorbikes though probably no reason why not if you can find the same bar diameter that fit strongly enough. Probably the biggest issue is that the ones I've seen clamp to the outside of the bars rather than fitting in the...
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    Have any of you added an Aux Tank to a 2020+ RT?

    I've not got around to refitting this on my F3, but this is what I had on my RS: On the RS I'd previously eliminated the evap canister and so plumbed this into the point where that normally attached at the top of the tank. This meant the main tank vented through the aux tank which worked...
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    What year was the muffler changed to have a separate Cat Converter on an RS?

    GS/RS #1 = 2007 - 2012 Combined muffler and cat. RS #2 = 2013 - 2016 Separate with the cat under the frame. So yours will be the new type and the one in the photo you posted would fit.
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    If only the Japanese made a reverse trike...

    I did consider a Yamaha Niken when I was looking for a replacement for my RS. It was a seriously well engineered bit of kit. It had a much more motorbike feel to the ride, to the point where you'd almost forget it was a trike. It had more stability over poor road surfaces than a bike and...
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    Most amount of miles/KM you have ridden in one day on the Spyder

    Like others here I do iron butt rides. I tend to prefer 2 day events e.g. I did 3,339km (2,075 miles) in 46hrs 9mins, but I did also do one day events like the NI1600. I wrote a post here about the first iron butt I did on a Spyder - In that particular case doing 1707km/1061miles in 19hrs 45...
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    08 GS - Don't trust the 'How To's' - Pulling Codes process didn't work!

    It always seemed to happen when I was riding at night through the Southern Alps, very distracting even though I knew it wasn't really an issue. One time I covered up the light with some tape:-)
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    My Aux Gas Tank!

    On my 2011 RS there was plastic insert at the highest point of the tank just in front of the fuel cap (on an RS this is under the seat on the right). The insert had a pipe connector facing forward which would normally go to the EVAP canister. This is what I connected the Aux tank to. I don't...
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    What GPS are you using?

    On my RS I had a Garmin 590, upgraded to a XT when I got my F3T. Both have worked well but obviously the performance and screen on the XT is far better. Only issue I've had with the XT was in very heavy rain it thought I'd touched the screen a couple of times when I hadn't, obviously the touch...
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    Texting while riding - rant!

    The only 'group' rides I do regularly are the long-distance checkpoint rallies. With those you get the social part meeting with the other riders at the start and finish, but you do the ride on your own route and pace within the constraints of the checkpoints and time limit. I find normal group...
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    Would you buy a Chinese motorycle?

    My 'as soon as I retire' plan is to buy a Chinese motorbike in Shanghai, ride it to Lisbon Portugal, down to Gibraltar and finally up to Nordcapp in Norway. Mind you I was hoping to retire at 25, currently the target is 55.
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